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From: kevinf@agora.rain.com (Kevin Fowler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: DAT drive on HP9000/800 ??
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.134454.16927@agora.rain.com>
Date: 25 Jan 91 13:44:54 GMT
References: <1991Jan24.175544.23068@objy.com>
Organization: Open Communications Forum
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In article <1991Jan24.175544.23068@objy.com> bruce@opus.objy.com (Bruce Reed) writes:
>I been given an HP9000/800 to take care of with a tape drive that appears
>to be a DAT drive, but I'm not sure. The label on the drive says "Digital
>Data Storage". 

If it is the same unit as installed in our HP300/922SL, it _is_ a  DAT drive.

>If is anyone is familiar with this drive, I would appreciate a confirmation
>on my DAT speculation and any other information you can provide on:
>
>  -- capacity

again, if we're talking about the same device, you can expect to put
~1.2Gbytes on it (~5Gbytes compressed).

>  -- tape size (useful in dump)

?

>  -- best type of tapes to use (brand/length)
>  -- any restrictions you know of using this as a standard mt device

I realy couldn't say...
 
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